Joe Brolly: Boring, boring Dublin… they have turned Con O’Callaghan from Diego Maradona into James Milner

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Joe Brolly: Boring, boring Dublin… they have turned Con O’Callaghan from Diego Maradona into James Milner

I watched Derry’s win over Kerry in Smyths in Ranelagh with Seán Muldoon from The Loup. Three Englishmen were in the booth with us and were intrigued by the game. We explained the rules to them — three points for a goal, a point for a point, the solo, the bounce, the tackle. They could not understand the tackle rule. “Join the queue,” said Muldoon.